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Title:

LEAD CONTAMINATION RESULTING FROM SKEET SHOOTING

RCRA Online Number:

13627

Date:

09/23/1993

To:

McConnell

From:

Denit

Organization of Recipient:

U.S. Senate

Description:

EPA encourages the use of substitute materials for lead in ammunition on firing ranges. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District affirmed that lead ammunition deposited in Long Island Sound is “hazardous solid waste,” and a citizen may bring a RCRA 7002 lawsuit for imminent and substantial endangerment (SEE ALSO: 62 FR 6622; February 12, 1997).